assraim a.1..!. ^ wjr *^>^^^'iat^Mw .jju. ^^.. i j -*?r.as^^r.j*r^t)H^ T ^. W. TILTO.1 ^ CO., JProprletor.. hav VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. S,lr* o I the Saturday, - - - - Bee 10th, 1861. j l^* ~^ 1 *^ ^ ' ~ t pet Opening- of tlic Bintrict Court. j ine ^ ^ f.W. There has never yet been seen by man, a : for plane which lias risen from a state of non- j ?y. ^ utitT, to the position of a ilourisbing enm- inercial emporium, in the same time as j CQl Virginia City: but proad as we feel of our ! cav prospci ity, still prouder are we of the j t-ou progrxws which is being ddly and rapidly j ? made in tbe onward march of civilization j _j. RAQpgat us. Una of tbe mo.;t important j er st::ps that a people can take is the peaceful j ge{ inaegwration of tbcrcijrn of law and order. | n# In another columu will be found a report of j frc the opening of the District Court, on Mon- j day last, and wo have ereat reason to be ! w tii.-.nkful that the administration of justice 0j is entrusted to eo ablo a m...

[Written f^r ta^ Montin* Poet.} '^ Tbe Nigbt I Was Captain.^ ( tr ki Dwi^g esc cf tbe forty-nina trips I have I so ^r-.^U ucifts?thqrirish sea, an incident oc- . h^ c u; red which impressed me with the idea ig that a man's knowledge may be great and | cc varied, rtrrd yft of no practical viuhc, from p^ tbe want of ^presence of mind and from the vi .ij.- ^^' oi that distinguishing faculty tb ^rljofc eJa%le$Laj|.in^j!Tidual to act at once w with promptitude and efficiency, without st waiting to go to his library for authority, si Ih sfcari I iiean. to assert , that an ounce of ts knowledge, at a man's finger ends, is worth tt a hundred weight of the learning which it tr moac time to gat at than the value of, n tha thing drained is worth. I a! Wc were running up the Mersey, to Liv- | tt crpool, and having passed the Lighthouse cl were siandiug for the Bell Bouy. it is my o cu.-t .! ^-^^^- to come orY deek,1 wbvti land n is near, or when it blows bard. The dan- C ger Itsmi little, when ...

Shr fgvntaii* fast. - ^ ^ ^- 1 ^. W. T1LTOJT ic CO., Pr,PrU!nr,. ^ i ta VIRGINIA CITY, M. T. Ti o n0 Saturday, - - - - Dec 24th, 1864. wi '. ~~~m ^ - ^ ! tn ^ hristiunn. ar ! bv According to immemorial custom wo wish j * our readers a Merry Christmas. Far away UL from our friends in the East, whilst we r-nugly nostle among the Tertebrse of the ?e backbone of America, we 6hall not forget th? days of our earliest and most joyous ! . associations. The life of man iB fitful as I j a tropical breeze. Whilst thinking of the J dangers wo hare surmounted and the trials j we have endured, let us not be unmindful j j' of the mercies we enjov : but looking back- ? , th ward with gratitude and forward with hope, let us not omit the upward glance which . recognizes the power that, working by hu- j ? man agency, has poured tho living tide : .j through the pasnes which lead to our moun- CQ tain horn?, and which has Bpread us no I stinted table in the wilderness. May we ? live to enjoy a still happ...

'*j,IIIMM>1a^ae^Bnnan The Barrister* mm ,r | WJ Mr. Wnrr. n, tlie celebrated author of w Ten Thousand a Year/' and the ^Diary ou of a Physician ^ was a lawyer of great ' ho ^kill in what are termed Nisi Prius cases, he that is, those which are tried by a jury in hi the courts, before judges of circuit. Now, (U nothing taxes tbe skill and all ttaepow- W( crs of a lawyer like the conduct of a jury 0f case, with its every varying interest, its cu changeful vicissitudes, and its unexpected ?0 phenomena. In at least half of the crimi^ nal cases where direct proof of guilt is wanting, the verdict depends mainlv on the efforts of counsel for the defence, but elo^ quence is a small part of tho matter, and taken by itself, is rather dangerous, except ac in a closing appeal,. None but a man of a^ the highest forensic ability is capable of _.^ simulating enthusiasm, and yet remaining ^ cool, collected, guarded and acute at the j; same time. Frantic appeals about honor, j mourning wives, wee...

' ... r~ \Conchtded frxym fit$t pagT) \ h^i (.jtkc A/ri^!ult*ral de-rmtmerrt under the hi10 supervision of its present energetic head, in ! 1 rapidly commending itself to thegreat vital i \ iniere>t it \?us created tp_adtanco, Xt is j j',rc v pacuiiarlv the people's department in which j ,iai theyi'ccl more directly concerned than in | 'P? '^^Tinf other. 1 commend it to the continued ' attention and fostcriDg care of Congress. 1 J?S mu , ^ mm fhe vrar continue?. SirrcoThe la?t an- f r, nue.l message, nil the important lines and i,a, positions then held brOurarmieshavo been \\s] maintained, and our armies have steadily , n advanced, thus liberating the States left in r m ?he rear,sothat Missouri, Kfnta.-!;y,T end- ! .-hi ^essee, and parta of other States have again i the produced reasonably fair crops. The mogt j D0 remarkable feature in the military opera- j 0(> - tions of the year, is General Sherman's at- ! tempted march of three hundred miles, I ra, directly through the ins...

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